Mary Catherine Anglin Stookey, 96, formerly of Leesburg, Ind., passed away Monday, June 2, 2014, at the Prairie Lakes Health Campus, Noblesville, Ind.

She was born Feb. 18, 1918, to the late Raymond F. and Allie N. (Stackhouse) Anglin in Nappanee, Ind., and attended school in Milford, Ind. On Nov. 29, 1934, she married Emra G. Stookey and they were married for almost 66 years before he passed away on Nov. 25, 2000.

They spent all their lives farming beginning in 1935 on rented farms around Waterloo, Ind. In February 1942 they moved to Leesburg to his father’s dairy farm, homesteaded by his ancestors, known as Prairie View Stock Farm. Mary and Emra were very successful breeding and raising Holstein Friesian dairy cattle, and became widely known throughout Indiana as well as nationally. They also farmed about 500 acres while raising three sons, George K. John R. and Jack E. Stookey.

Mary and Emra were members of the Leesburg United Methodist Church and Mary also belonged to several clubs, including Kosciusko County Dairy Club, 4-H Club, and Kosciusko County Home Economics Club. After Emra died Mary moved to Noblesville where she became a member of the Noblesville United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Knitting and Quilting Club, and the Noblesville Kiwanis Club.

Mary is survived by a son: George (Nola) Stookey; 14 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband: Emra; two sons: John and Jack; and three brothers and their wives: Harvey (Mae), Max (Bernice) and Leo (Anabelle).

Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, June 5, at Randall & Roberts Funeral Home, 1150 Logan St., Noblesville, Ind. Her funeral service will follow at 3 p.m. Thursday. There will be an additional visitation and service at Mishler Funeral Home, 461 W. 900 N., in Milford, from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, June 6, with a service following at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Leesburg Cemetery.